Alphabet
Alphabet ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin alphabetum, from Greek {not transcribed} + {not transcribed}, the first two Greek letters; Hebrew āleph and beth: compare French alphabet.]
1.
The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.
2.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
The very alphabet of our law.
Collocations (1)
Deaf and dumb alphabet , See Dactylology.
Alphabet , transitive verb
To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. [Rare]